Keith Kirkpatrick is an accomplished business owner, writer, researcher, analyst, and project manager with over 20 years of experience in the industry. After spending 8 years writing and editing about finance and technology as a journalist, he leveraged those skills to become a consultant for external clients, a researcher, and an analyst. As the Principal and Founder of 4K Research & Consulting, LLC, he has managed big event projects, fostered media relationships, executed branding and strategy, and conducted primary and secondary research, analysis, and forecasting.

Kirkpatrick studied magazine Journalism/Sociology at Syracuse University and has worked with several notable organizations. He was previously the Global Prepaid Event Director, Conference Director at IIR and Client Relationship Manager, Consultant at FIND/SVP. Besides, he served as a staff writer at Individual Investor Group, freelance writer at Kirkpatrick Editorial Services, and assistant editor at IDD. Additionally, he currently serves as a Principal Analyst with Tractica, LLC.